Carnera Impresses In Lorain Exhibition Fight
Italian giant Primo Carnera wowed about 1000 fans at Moose Coliseum Lorain in a four round exhibition against Max Brown. The crowd saw his enormous reach footwork and ring control as Brown avoided sharper shots but faced a dominant opponent. Earlier bouts featured Billy Senders, Dick Nizro, Sammy Terrese and Bobby Tracey, with draws and knockouts shaping the program.
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Russell Davies
Caesar
Primo Carcera
Moose Coliseum
Lorain
Big Boy
Max Brown
Wyoming
Carnera
Carpera
Uga
Breathit
Evers
Caersera
Bors
Billy Senders
Dick Nizro
Bellevue
Nizro
Andy Pollack
Heigt
Roberts
Johnny Wray
Ron Graham
Lordlns
Scot
Chuck Tazzer
Pennsylvania
Tagerrt
Isa
Graham
Holy Cross Dominates Methodistsl in Church League Blowout
Starkowski star hurler for Holy Cross shut down the Methodists nearly perfect, with only one baserunner reaching first and Holy Cross winning 130 in seven innings. In other Church League action, Church of Christ rolled over ten Baptist opponents 22 to 1, Robertson strong on the mound, while Jetter issued five walks in a rough outing.
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Starkowski
Holy Cross
Methodists
Holr Cross
D.gerber
Siatkowski
Church of Christ
Robertson
Sbaptists
Buc
Life
Walser
Tos
Jetter
Bill Holr
RH V. Kaminski
Ozminski
Cebduila
H. Griffiths
W. Kirbr
P. Kira
Gerbers
Eskins Sees Wonderful Horseshoe Exhibition
Charles Eskins, a local horseshoe pitcher, watched a Cleveland exhibition featuring Durree the Ohio state champion and Nanamaker the world champion. Duryea won both matches. Eskins described several tricks by Nanamaker, including using four shoes and lighting matches around a pig with one shoe, and pitching through two arms and into the stakes.
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Charles Eskins
Cleveland
Eskins
Durree
Ohio
Nanamaker
Duryea
Esking Tella
Duta
Eskina
Lore
Marathon at Lorain Today Draws 42 Men 5 Women
Forty two men and five girls swimmers are entered in the fourth annual three miles marathon off Lorain front under the Ohio Amateur Athletic Union. Felix Danevich, last year’s winner and recent Ohio champion at Twin Lakes, will compete alongside defending girls champion Miss Babe Justin. The course runs along the lake shore from Century Park Beach in East Lorain to the finish at Laze View Beach on the west side.
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Lorain
Ohio Amateur Athletic Union
Felix Danevich
Ohio
Twin Lakes
Akron
Babe Justin
Lake Shore
Century Park Beach
East Lorain
Lzneview Beach
Indians Sweep Red Sox In Twin Bill 7 2 7 3
Cleveland tops Boston in a doubleheader as Wes Ferrell wins his 21st and a 10th straight, while rookie Rorie Lawson shows promise with a sharp curve and fastball. Gaston and Bushey split the games’ pitching, with Cleveland collecting eleven hits each game and advancing toward a four-game series with the Yankees.
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Rorie Lawson
Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox
Boston
Ferrell
Lawson
Red Sox
Peck
Law
Gaston
Busher
Russell
Durham
Cleveland
Redskins
Indians
New York Yankees
New York
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Porter, Jr
Averill
Morgan
Hodapn
Falk
J. Sowell
L. Sewell
Postponed Industrial League Game at Hamilton Field Tonight
The Steel and Tubes and West ergo Automatic will clash tonight at Hamilton Field in a postponed industrial league game. Umpire Peterman please take notice.
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Steel
Westergo Automatic
Hamilton Field
Peterman
Start Races Today to Decide Defender of America's Cup
Four racing yachts Weetamoe Enterprise Yankee and others meet off Newport to decide the defender for the America's Cup. Skippers learn the course once crossing Brenton's Reef Lightship, with racing to last up to ten days as the panel seeks the most seaworthy vessel.
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Newport
R. IL
Thomas Lipton
Weetamoe
Enterprise
Yankee
Ispaira
Brenton’s Reef
Qualifying Round In Western Open Golf Tourney Today
More than 170 golfers from the mid west tee off at Indianwood Country Club in Orion Michigan to qualify for the Western Open championship. The field will be cut to 150 for tomorrow with 28 holes Thursday and 15 Friday, low 64 advancing to the championship round. George Blaeholder powered the Philadelphia Athletics with five hits as the St Louis Browns faltered.
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Dianwood Country Club
Orion
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Aus
Mid-West
Indianwood
Cadet Swimming Meet crowned by Metera’s 33 points
Bill Metera won the Cadet swimming meet at the M. C. 4. pool yesterday morning with 33 points taking first in multiple dashes and diving. Alex Whack was second with 17 points and Don Winters third with 13. Results span numerous events including 10, 20, and 30 yard dashes, underwater time, dog fashion dash, water duck, and diving with several runners up and thirds. FOREST HILLS NX Aug 20 The women’s tennis scene features Helen Wills Moody dominating for a championship crowd at the $290,000 stadium in Forest Hills.
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M. C
Metera
Wate
Alex Whack
Don Winters
Joan Metera
Fred Winters
Zemo Haszubieski
Don Metera
Zemo Kaszubieski
John Metera
John Metra
Bill
Bill Bennet
Wincer
Roger Anderson
Forest Hilus
Helen Wills Moud
Helen
Cleveland to Host Eastern Divisional Billiards Tournament
The National Billiard Association announced that Cleveland will host the Eastern Divisional pocket billiards tournament while Des Moines and Omaha host three of the four divisional events in the northern section. The sectional contests, first held last year and successful, are doubled this year.
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Cleveland
Des Moines
Omaha
National Billiard Association
Elyria Horse Wins at Madison County Fair
Julia June a brown mare owned by Dr. E P Clement of Elyria won the 2:11 Close Pace at the Madison County Fair in London Ohio yesterday. The horse also carried 2 Was 2 99 1-2 in the second heat.
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Dr. E P_ Clement
Madison County Fair
London
Ohio
Secord Heer
Tilden Faces Sutter in Newport Feature Match Today
William Tilden the third and defending American champion meets Clifford Sutter from New Orleans in the Newport invitation fourth round. Sutter, Eastern grass court titleholder, will challenge the veteran who defaulted in a hostile quarterfinal at the Eastern championships. The match tests whether the young southerner can measure up to the famed Philadelphian's prowess.
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Newport
RB. L
William Tv. Tilden
Clifford Sutter
New Orleans
Sutter
Tilden
Conmpares
West Sides Rally For Practice Tonight At Cascade
West Sides conduct a practice at Cascade tonight ahead of Sundar's fame with the Lorain Natiityue. All players are asked to report promptly for the session.
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Cascade
Sundar
Lorain Natiityue
Carnera Impresses In Exhibition Height And Power
SPORTCOM AS WE SEE IT The writer saw Primo Carnera in Lorain in an exhibition that surpassed expectations. At 6 ft 7 in and 275 pounds, his footwork and ringcraft impressed, suggesting he could challenge Schmeling. Weaker punches from Godfrey did little, while Carnera absorbed punishment and pressed forward. Carnera seems poised to ascend the heavyweight ranks.
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Lorain
Primo
Schmeling
Carnera
Sharkey
Rook
Godfrey
Philadelphia
Standings and results sweep across American League
The American League standings show Philadelphia leading with 82 wins and 40 losses, followed by Washington and New York. Detroit and Cleveland trails with mixed results. In recent games Earl Whitehill pitched Detroit to a 2-1 win over Washington, marking his 12th consecutive victory. Cincinnati falters, Kansas City dominates, and Franks House limits the opposition in a 4-0 win.
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New York
Cleveland
Detrioit
St. Louis
Chicago
Boston
Hebina
Detroit
Earl Whitehill
Detroit Tigers
Washington Senators
Whitehill
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